Date: 2025-09-03Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl by the caretaker of a garden in Maner area of district Patna, Bihar
**Summary:**
On September 3, 2025, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, took suo motu cognizance of a media report concerning the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in the Maner area of Patna district, Bihar, which occurred on August 26, 2025. The alleged perpetrator is reported to be the caretaker of a garden. The NHRC has issued notices to the Director General of Police, Bihar, and the District Magistrate, Patna, requesting a detailed report within two weeks. The report should include information on the incident, actions taken, and details of any compensation provided to the victim's family. The case involves allegations that the perpetrator attempted to disguise the murder as a suicide by hanging the victim's body. The NHRC has stated that if the media reports are accurate, the incident raises serious human rights concerns. The media report was published on August 31, 2025, and indicated that the victim was reported missing on August 26, 2025, with her body found on August 28, 2025. Release ID: 2163298.
Key Entities Referenced
National Human Rights Commission: A national human rights organization in India, referred to as NHRC.
Maner: Area in Patna district, Bihar, where the incident occurred.
Patna, Bihar: District in the state of Bihar, India, where the crime took place.
Director General of Police, Bihar: The head of the police force in the state of Bihar, to whom a notice was issued.
District Magistrate, Patna: The administrative head of Patna district, Bihar, to whom a notice was issued.
Bihar: State in India where the incident occurred and to whose officials notices were issued.
National Human Rights Commission
NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the
reported rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl by the
caretaker of a garden in Maner area of district Patna,
Bihar
Issues notices to the state DGP and DM, Patna,
calling for a detailed report on the matter within two
weeks
Posted On: 03 SEP 2025 2:24PM by PIB Delhi
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report
that a 10-year-old girl was raped and murdered by the caretaker of a garden in the Maner area of district Patna
in Bihar on 26th August, 2025. Reportedly, the perpetrator hanged the body of the victim on a tree to disguise
the murder as suicide. The victim had gone to collect wood when the perpetrator lured her with a guava to a
room near the garden before committing the heinous crime.
The Commission has observed that the contents of the media report, if true, raise serious issues of violation of
human rights. Therefore, it has issued notices to the Director General of Police, Bihar and the District
Magistrate, Patna, calling for a detailed report on the matter within two weeks, including compensation, if
any, provided to the next of kin of the deceased.
According to the media report, carried on 31st August, 2025, the girl was reported missing by her family on
26th August, 2025 and her body was recovered in the morning of 28th August, 2025, hanging from a tree in
the waterlogged garden.
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NSK
(Release ID: 2163298)